Posted by Dustin on 09.01.2010 at 2:32 pm

This post contains bits about a few different ABC shows I watch/cover here . . . .

First up, the news we have been teased with all summer, but pretty much figured out. Ausiello broke the news that Owen and Christina are marrying in the season premier of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Shocking I know . . . yes I know you figured it out by now.

The ever fabulous Frances Conroy is checking in as a patient on “Grey’s Anatomy” according to TV Guide

Debra Monk will appear in a recurring role on “Brothers and Sisters” this season as a nemesis of sorts for Nora. Nora begins hosting a radio show about moms. Source: Playbill

Stephen Collin’s character on “Brothers and Sisters” is named Charlie. He’ll be Saul’s new boyfriend on the show.

Reggie Austin is going to play new housewife Vanessa William’s husband on the show. Vanessa also makes moves on Brian Austin Green, who is playing a handyman Bree has her eye on.

Here is the new promo for the new season of housewives. No spoilers revealed, but it is funny!

Posted by Dustin on 08.14.2010 at 8:00 pm

TVGuide is reporting that this fall one of three couples will marry on Grey’s! Callie and Arizona, Alex and Lexie or Owen and Christina.

Interestingly, Kristin at E! has been running a teaser contest to reveal a “fan favorite” couple on a show getting married, which will come out of the blue and be a shocker. One of them is Owen and Christina!

Other spoilers going around . . . the show will pick up some time after the deadly shooting spree from the season finale.

Keck of TVGuide reports Mandy Moore will return to the show in the new season. She was the woman who was stuck in the room with Miranda and that dead arrogant doctor Percy.

Teddy will move on from Owen and find a romance with James Tupper’s character Dr. Perkins, who arrives to help everyone overcome the deadly shootings.

Derek is no longer chief, and has apparently taken up car racing (which is a real life hobby of the actor).

Dr. Jackson Avery (aka Dr. Pretty Eyes) will get a romance and a nude scene.

“Grey’s Anatomy” returns on September 23rd

Posted by Dustin on 07.08.2010 at 3:54 pm

ABC ANNOUNCES FALL SERIES PREMIERE DATES

ABC announced the following Fall premiere dates for the 2010-2011 season today. All times listed are ET.

Premiere dates for Fall series “Body of Proof” and “Secret Millionaire” will be announced at a later time. As previously announced, Saturday Night Football premieres Saturday, September 4 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Monday, September 20
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Castle”

Tuesday, September 21
8:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars” (special performance show night and time)
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Detroit 1-8-7″

Wednesday, September 22
8:00-8:30 p.m. “The Middle”
8:30-9:00 p.m. “Better With You” (formerly titled “Better Together”)
9:00-9:30 p.m. “Modern Family”
9:30-10:00 p.m. “Cougar Town”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “The Whole Truth”

Thursday, September 23
8:00-9:00 p.m. “My Generation”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Private Practice”

Friday, September 24
10:00 p.m. 20/20

Sunday, September 26
7:00-8:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Desperate Housewives”
10:00-11:00 p.m. “Brothers & Sisters”

Tuesday, September 28
8:00-9:00 p.m. “No Ordinary Family”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars The Results Show”

Posted by Dustin on 05.20.2010 at 11:23 pm

So I just finished the season finale. Stop right there if you don’t want spoilers!

. . . . . . . . I warned you!

Unlike the other finales, we didn’t get any huge cliff hangers. I think after last season and even this season with the Knight/Heigl mess, we earned not having to wait a whole summer to find out who is and isn’t coming back (and if they are even going to stay if they are coming back!).

Aside from a slew of unknowns, Dr. Percy and Reid (forget her last name) were taken out. These were two of the four Mercy Westers. I believe both have been cast on new shows, so it’s not shocking. I never liked either of them, so I can’t say I was chocked up. I did however feel for Dr. Percy’s death scene, and poor Bailey!

I did expect Miranda’s love interest, Jason George, to go as well. He’s been cast on Shonda Rhimes new show for the fall. Maybe they are keeping that door open though for a return?

April and the guy who Christina had the on-off-again-kiss thing with both survived (I’m forgetting his name too). It will be interesting to see if April returns next season, and how she’ll be changed? If she stays, I hope it makes her a badass doctor. Otherwise I feel she is not coming back.

The first hour was intense, the second hour was intense and frustrating. I just kept wondering how they let the shooter walk away after being shot? How did the swat team not take him out? Why did they not descend upon him then and there? I guess that would have made for bad TV!

I think we will see The Chief take his job back next season, though after this does he want it? Derek made the comment he’d rather have something in his impaled head to see the inside of an OR over the mountain of paperwork he was stuck with. Well he did get there! You knew that was some foreshadowing.

Loved seeing Christina step up to save Derek, though I’m not happy they took away the MerDer baby. That was seriously the one bright spot of the whole episode. As Meredith and April worked on the shot Owen, when they said the bullet went right through him and Meredith was bleeding, I was fearing that meant it hit Meredith and she just hadn’t even noticed cause of the shock. That’s when she said “No, I’m just having a miscarriage.” Ugh! Heartbreaking!

Owen, in the heat of the moment, chose Christina over Teddy, while Lexie chose Alex over Mark. Poor Alex though, in his delusion, chose Izzie over Lexie! OUCH! I wondered if Katherine was watching tonight? That’s going to be an interesting triangle next season.

We also got to see Arizona and Callie finally work things out and agree to be with each other, another one of the few bright spots of the episode.

All in all, a great episode!

Posted by Dustin on 05.18.2010 at 6:50 pm

WARNING! MAJOR SPOILERS HERE!

Posted by Dustin on 05.08.2010 at 10:30 pm

Grey’s Anatomy

So the main medical story dealt with a 700 pound man, who Bailey was in charge of. Throughout the show she threw basically everyone off the case for being insensitive in one way shape or form. The best part of the show was when his wife, who was thin and hot (of course to the shock of Alex, he’s off the case!) revealed she was pregnant. Lexie immediately blurts out “How? . . . I mean WOW that’s great!” Bailey looks at her and mouths behind her clipboard “You’re off the case!”

Alex received divorce papers, and just like that he and Izzie are over and she’s done and gone. Meanwhile he and Lexie’s torrid affair, or whatever it is, continues. I do NOT like them together and don’t think I ever will. I loved her with McSteamy, but he was such an ass to her. I’m afraid Alex will end up doing the same.

Callie and Arizona broke up by the episodes end as well, as Arizona wouldn’t stick around and be the reason Callie never had the baby she wanted. HATE this storyline too. Why does Grey’s feel the need to make their couples so unhappy?

Derek had to contend with a lawsuit brought on by the husband of the wife he ordered removed from life support a few weeks back. Derek of course felt guilty, but the hospital lawyer said to him there was no case, the woman had an advanced directive, he did what was he had to by law. She said the husband just needed to vent and yell at him, it would be over. Uh-huh . . . . why do I feel this is FAR from over and will lead to the reinstatement of Chief as Chief?

Derek and Meredith found themselves at odds yet again, this time over Christina and Owen. Meredith knew Owen still had feelings for Teddy and wanted to warn Christina, but Derek wanted her to stay out of it. Again, not liking this story! I don’t like that they are really screwing Derek and Meredith. Apparently Shonda herself (I believe via Ausiello) has come out saying next season she will return MerDer to their happy state, even having Derek finally building Meredith her house on the hill (promised a few seasons back). So it looks like something will happen to keep them happy. I have a feeling the post-it marriage could become real because of the husband’s lawsuit threats.

Finally Christina had probably the best story of the show. She, after being the first kicked off Bailey’s case, sat for a little girl whose mother was in heart surgery. We finally saw that Christina actually has a heart as she helped this little girl deal with the possibility her mom might die. In the end she ran to Owen, breaking down, as the whole ordeal reminded her of losing her own father at a young age.

Private Practice

This show I felt was very much about forgiveness.

First up, the best scene of the show was Violet asking Pete to forgive her. She said she should have leaned on him, but she didn’t, she is the one that helps people but didn’t know how to help herself. Loved the whole scene, and Pete forgiving her. He even said she could have Lucas for nights at first to see how things work out. I think the scene showed Pete still loved her, and I think Addison is in big trouble! Addison meanwhile it seemed tried to make inroads with Sam on a case they worked on, but he was now distancing himself from her. Could it be the star of the show will end up losing both her guys by the season finale? I can’t say I won’t feel bad if she does!

After a talk with Violet, and a one night stand with Charlotte, Cooper decided to fight for Charlotte and tell her he wanted her back. Unfortunately Sheldon came to the same decision about Charlotte after talking to Addison. Will there be a fight between them in the finale? Looks like it!

Naomi returned with a dying William this week, who had come to terms with that. Pete confronted Fife about keeping his treatment from William in an attempt to win Naomi. In the end he went to Naomi and admitted as much to her, saying he’d help William and was doing it for her, because he loved her that much. Aw! I really want them to be together. They are such an opposites attract kinda couple. I kinda feel though William might have to die for it to happen, as I feel he’d fire Naomi if she dumped him! Though then she’d have a lawsuit on her hands, and could go back to the other practice.

Finally Maya was getting close to her due date. She had Dell as her midwife, and was beginning to reconnect with Naomi. In the end though, when she went into early labor, she asked Dell to take her to the hospital. Panicking she wanted drugs and a hospital birth, not the home natural thing! Unfortunately on the way there, someone hit them. The show ended with Dell walking into the hospital with his arm in a sling, but Maya being taken in on a stretcher.

The previews seem to indicate Maya and her baby are in danger. Will they die? The teasers kept insisting it was a major original character, so I just can’t see Maya being a major character. Original yes, major though? Dell could have internal bleeding, and there are rumors the actor wants off the show (but many others are rumored to want out too). If I hadn’t seen Cooper in the previews, I’d worry he was killed in the way he raced off to see Charlotte.

Your thoughts on who might die?

Posted by Dustin on 05.01.2010 at 8:48 pm

So some thoughts on Thursday night’s medical dramas follow. In both cases, both shows were somewhat downers. “Private Practice” really was a heartbreaker though.

On “Grey’s,” Derek brought in a fancy schmancy heart surgeon to contend for Teddy’s job, thinking she wanted to leave and her placement here was only temporary. She however wanted to stay, but apparently neglected to tell Derek. Everyone was wetting themselves over the guy who was brought in, as he was a published academic. Teddy however was the one that had the skills and the street smarts basically. This hit home for me, being in the world of academics. People only want to hire those who have published or the fancy grants that bring in money, but sometimes these aren’t the people who have the practical knowledge and experience on the ground (or haven’t been there in a long long long time!). In the end Teddy got the job, but only because the first guy turned down Derek’s offer.

Mark, of course wanted Teddy to stay, but Owen tried to convince Derek not to worry about Teddy. Of course that was because he and Teddy had yet another close call. it’s only a matter of time before these two do it, and Christina walks in on them. They are just dragging it out till the finale at this point.

Arizona remained very anti-baby. Callie thought it was because she lost her little brother at a young age, but Arizona said she wasn’t broken, she just liked their life the way it was. In the end Callie claimed she’d be okay without a baby. Yeah right! I fear they will be left hanging in the finale as well. Callie might not have a baby, but I bet something happens where she ends up with one somehow (like someone dies and she inherits the parental responsibility).

Sloan had her baby, which she had second thoughts about giving up. Mark of course encouraged this, but in the end Arizona and even Callie made him realize it was best that Sloan give the baby up, still being a baby herself. I know it was the responsible thing to do, but I have to admit I wish Mark was able to keep the baby. Hey it’s TV, we need some non-real life once in awhile!

Meredith began to realize April was in love with her husband, which worried her. She went to have some private time with Derek as the show ended. I have a feeling there may be a McBaby in the picture very soon!

Over on “Private Practice,” the whole show centered around Violet suing Pete for shared custody of her son. Everyone and their mother was called to the stand to testify for or against Violet basically. During the show, Violet wondered if Pete was still in love with her? He claimed no, but we know better and so does Addison, who overheard. The major heartbreak came when Addison played dirty and exposed that Violet had had abortions previously. This infuriated me, especially since somehow it was magically forgotten at least one involved a rape. The second heartbreak came when Cooper ended up admitting he didn’t think Violet was ready to be a parent. In the end Pete got full custody, Violet was allowed to visit, and they could revisit this in a few months.

By the end of the episode the sides had been drawn, those who sided with Pete and those with Violet. It looks like the next episode will be major, with major internal fighting within the practice as a result of dirty little secrets that came out. Sam was unable to take the stand and rat out Addison’s faux relationship with Pete, because he loved her too much. Meanwhile Dell was also made to look like a jerk on the stand for what happened with his ex. There will be some major explosions next week, and I can’t wait!

Posted by Dustin on 04.27.2010 at 1:40 pm

Official spoiler release . . . not too detailed unfortunately

IN A SHOCKING TWO-HOUR SEASON FINALE, A CRISIS UNLIKE ANY BEFORE UNFOLDS AT SEATTLE GRACE, AND MEREDITH AND CRISTINA’S SURGICAL SKILLS ARE PUT TO THE ULTIMATE TEST, ON ABC’S “GREY’S ANATOMY”

Mandy Moore (“A Walk to Remember”) Guest Stars

ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” concludes the season with a two-hour shocker, THURSDAY, MAY 20. In the first hour, entitled “Sanctuary” (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), Seattle Grace Hospital is hit with a crisis like no other in its history. Then, in the second hour, “Death and All His Friends” (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), Cristina and Meredith’s surgical skills are put to the ultimate test.

Guest starring Mandy Moore as Mary and Ryan Devlin as Bill. Other guest cast tba.

Posted by Dustin on 04.26.2010 at 1:57 pm

Spoiler highlights include . . . .

- Someone close to Anna is violently attacked on “V” . . . Lisa?
- A town festival on “Happy Town” leads to evil.
- Demi Lovato checks in on “Grey’s,” while Meredith worries about Owen?

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Posted by Dustin on 04.19.2010 at 4:18 pm

Spoilers for the first full week in May. Highlights include . . . .

- No shock here, Tyler gets invited to live abord with the Vs
- “Grey’s” gets a very big patient, while Naomi tries to save a dying William on “Practice.”
- Lynette learns the truth about Eddie, while Patrick goes after Tyler on “Housewives.”
- The Walkers are about to lose Ojai on “Brothers and Sisters”
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